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Fossil fuel lending by Australian banks tops AU$35bn
July 08, 2020
Despite repeated pledges and policies to the contrary, Australia’s big four banks have once again increased funding to the expansion of the fossil fuel industry over the past year.
Read More ShareLos Cedros Reserve in Ecuador - Created with Grant from Australian Government - Needs your Help
July 05, 2020
Los Cedros Reserve in Northern Ecuador is of outstanding ecological significance. Los Cedros is 4800 ha in size, of which 85% consists of highly diverse pre montaine wet tropical forest and cloud forest. ...
Read More ShareBunnings axe ties with VicForests over illegal logging
July 02, 2020
A leaked Bunnings staff newsletter has revealed Bunnings will phase out VicForests products from their supply chain following a federal court judgement which found they had illegally logged over 25 areas of native forest,...
Read More ShareDroughts, floods and fires: where does water fit in the climate crisis?
July 01, 2020
Charlotte Borthwick – The severity of the recent bushfire crisis makes it clear that things are no longer 'business as usual'. Bushfires are being exacerbated by our rapidly warming climate and lack of water...
Read More ShareHESTA divests from coal!
July 01, 2020
Friends of the Earth member group, Healthy Futures, have secured a huge win for our future, our world and for people's health everywhere. Superannuation fund, HESTA, announced that they're divesting from thermal coal, one of...
Read More ShareEarthworker Newsletter June 2020
June 25, 2020
Sign up to receive Earthworker Cooperative's newsletter via email here. Earthworker Cooperative are a member of Friends of the Earth Australia.
Read More ShareThousands of Trees in Reserve Threatened by Herbicide Spray Drift
June 25, 2020
Friends of the Earth has uncovered a disturbing incident in the Holey Plains State Reserve, in Central Gippsland, Victoria. FoE has found an area of several hundred hectares, in the Reserve which appears to...
Read More Share'Miracle cows' highlight the risks of gene editing
June 24, 2020
Louise Sales – They were the poster children of the gene editing revolution. In 2014, the US company Recombinetics announced they had developed gene edited hornless dairy cattle. They argued that the genetic modification...
Read More ShareSmall modular reactor rhetoric hits a hurdle
June 23, 2020
Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Campaigner, Dr Jim Green writes that there is nothing to justify the the hype of small modular reactor enthusiast in this article originally published on Renew Economy.
Read More ShareAustralian Food Sovereignty Alliance: Solidarity Economy Session #3 - 30 Years of Solidarity
June 16, 2020
Friends of the Earth are excited to team up with the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) for the third session of the Solidarity Economy series of online events.
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